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This is the seaward end of the High Street, which runs down onto the beach. In an earlier period this area included beautiful sheltered gardens and a bandstand.

Mount Pleasant Inn still stands above the marshlands of Dawlish Warren, though it has changed somewhat since this photograph was taken.

This picturesque locality has always attracted the eye of artist and photographer. One Victorian guide book writer described Beer as 'a rare subject for the pencil'.

The white building close to the beach is the Rashleigh Arms; just to the right is a short slipway up to the old lifeboat house, which was used until 1922 but is now converted to a café and shop.

These trim houses with their first-floor verandas overlooking the shingle beach and breakwaters, and the neat gardens behind their fences, present an almost idyllic seaside vista.

Lying to seaward of Poltesco, the rocky little beach of Carleon Cove had its own pilchard fleet until the 19th century, when it became the home of the Lizard Serpentine Company.

Are the ladies conscious of the camera? This marvellous image encapsulates the changes taking place in Llanfairfechan and similar villages at this time.

Freston is well known for the Freston Elizabethan tower overlooking the estuary, the Boot public house, and the parish church.

A closer view of the group in the previous photograph reveals them relaxing on the slipway.

Less than a century after its foundation, the town was already dominating the skyline and its beaches were among the most crowded on the south coast.

Tennis courts, a café and beach huts are situated on the sands reclaimed from the sea beneath the cliffs; down them the steep access lane descends to the Riviera Club.

The promenade is pictured in its late 19th century heyday. Promenaders are attired in the latest fashions, with no gentlemen being seen without his cane or umbrella.

These superior chalets are on the sand-dunes above the beach; as estates like this are privately-owned, the roads are usually not made up.

Ice cream and tea are for sale further along the beach. The stall in the centre seems to be selling bottled drinks and perhaps biscuits.

This schooner may well have been unloading limestone, which was shipped from South Wales to be fired in the lime-kiln that still stands at the side of the beach.

The cottages and buildings along the beach belong to the earliest settlement, while the later Victorian developments are strung out along the higher ground.

This uninterrupted view out over the lower Gannel estuary and the golden sands and dunes of Crantock confirms why Pentire became popular in the early days of housing development on the western outskirts

A final view looking around the sweeping east pier of Howth harbour to the lighthouse.

Another ex-mining settlement, Porthtowan became a popular destination for day-trippers from Redruth around the turn of the century.

This picture of the new pier was taken shortly after it opened. The trackway used in its construction can still be seen on the beach.

The rugged nature of the cliffs is typical of the Cornish coastline, where at low water level jagged rocks continue to cause hazards to the unwary mariner.

Opened in June 1900, the immense hotel block dominates Fistral Beach on the edge of Newquay. A horse and open carriage are about to take guests on an excursion.

This isolated church near a beautiful beach was probably established during the 6th century, but not built in stone until after 1300.

All along the coastal belt, but rarely extending more than a few miles inland, rounded beach flints or cobbles were used for walls and every type of building.